Improvement in shaft-props for buggies



J. T. BAKER.

:n nuShUaft-Prop for Buggies.

IQUQL i E @ll a i an@ Gi. e747 y W z. -D Abi vviTNEssEs vE froR ATTORNEYTo all whom it-myoncem:

` a spring, Dthc reaclnandE the thillor v end'thereoi i `inafterexplained." l

` l JAMES-Trennen, or RALEIGH, ILLnvois.

lIMPnoi/EMENT1N SHAFT-PROFS FOR ueelas..`

vSpecification formingparthfof Letters Patent No. 222,227, datedDecember 2, 1879; application ifledg i l y," i i october 25,1879. i l? iBeitknown Ithat L'JAMEs T. BAKER, of

` Raleigh, intheconntyof- Saline and `State of lllinois, have? inventedanew and valuable .a y Improvement in ShaftfProps for Buggies, &c.f;

` andI do hercbyldeclare that the following is 3 1 a full, clear, andexact descriptionvof the construction and operatonofvthe same, referencebeing 1 had to theannexedv 'dra win gs,` makin g f a part ofl thisspeciiicatiomandzto lthe lettersv and gures l0f reference'inarlredthereon. f

Figure l of the drawings isa representa:

" i tion'of a plan View of myimproved shaft-prop...` and` Fig. 2 isalongitudinal vertical `section i thereof.

This invention f haslfrelation to improvements yin shaft and pole propsfor vehicles;

i, 4and the nature of the invention consists in certain. novelconstructions and arrangements of the devices used, aswill behereinafter `more fully'set forth.` Y

In the annexed drawings, the letterA des:` ignates the'fore axle, Bv thehead-block, O the pole,l of afour-wheeled vehicle; t 'l F indicateslarectangular metallic box, se# curedv in any suitable manner to thefront end ofthe reach, and-abutting againstthe headblock.,` This box hasin itstopftwo'or more oblong slotsain cachot which is swung a v agra-vitating ftuinbler, 1),-1r`capable1of. swinging with its upper v`end against either, endgof the slot.Initsnormalgverticalpositiontherezist i a space,i, between. each tumblerandy theA he(` object of which will be 'hereinafterjshowm ,f'th'e aobject ofiwhichwinne here S i dicates :"ai springpentendin from the L tfront edgefof vvthe foremost slot a to ornearly tothe head-block; f f li `The thills,ias;usna`l i d, to which isv secured `any suitablcmanner'ha branched lug,',e,,to'which is pivotdtlie prop-bar G, extendingthrough the; spring, and having itsfdownturned end j' engagedin the waysc of the box, being prevented ,from escaping therefrom by;` means eof-jprojeetin g obstructthe turning of theqvehicle4 v Sometimes theslots a ma'ybefo medi-dif-V rectly in the reach without using thebomand"the tumblers may be arranged infsaid'sflots. 1

e "connected by af bar,A

the ways aforesaid, and on reaching thefirst slot l a its wedge-shapedhookedend t'. `drops intoit in front of the tumbler, andfby engaging thefront wall of said slotsnpports the thills.` If it be desired to stillfnrtherraise the thills, this movement is continnedthat is, raising thethills-and thciend'ft"off'the prop escapes from the first slot Q,lisbridged across it by the tumbler, which` swings rearwardly against therear end of` the said slot for the purpose, and upon reachingtlle sec#ond slot a drops into it and engages its'front edge.

To lower the thills and diseugage theprop, the former are still furtherraised'. `1 The bevv eled or wedge-shaped end of thefprop "slips outofthe slot, pushes itstumb'ler backagainst its rear edge, and passes tothe `rearbeyond said slot. The thills being then .lo`wered, the

hook end t' of the prop engagestheytuinblers,

causing them to swing over against the' front end ofthe slots a, andpassesoverfrthe bridges thus formed to the front part of, thz'eifboxinadvance of the slots aforesaid. llheinclined spring then directs thehook endeoEtheIJrQp `upward and jams the arms thereo against vthe" underside ofthe ways,

fis in use. reventa or a This device does not in anyway What 1 claim asnew, and desirefgtofsefcure by `Letters Patent, is-,

1. In a pole or thill prop, thecombination,

with the thills E and reach D,'oftheljoXF,` having slots a., tumblers b,vand*waysv Tc, and the prop-bar G, pivoted to thethivllsfand having abeveled hook end, '5, and 4arms. ',fsub stantially as specified. i

2. The combination, with the thi'lls E and `tl is effectually v ilpreventing rattling when theveh" ranged' on the lateralI edgesof box'F, andi extending ffrom end to reach D, of the box F, having slots a,tumblers b, and ways c, the prop-bar G, pivoted to the thills andengaging the ways, and the spring S at thefrfront pafr'of the box,holding the prop againststhewhys" fo prevent rattling, substantially asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two' witnesses. f i v JAMES THOMAS BAKER'.

Witnesses:

C. R. MICK, L. W. MICK.

